Hey, I know. That's what's so crazy. Photons have zero mass (citation), which makes sense because according to General Relativity, anything with mass would require infinite energy to get up to light speed.
Yet they can be captured by a black hole and are bent by items with gravity wells. Almost like space is moving into the black hole faster than a photon travels.
Hey, I wonder if I'm on to something.
“Hey, I wonder if I’m on to something.”
I think you’re a few beers ahead of me on that one. But if the universe can inflate faster than the speed of light, I suppose it’s only fair that black holes should be able to collapse that way too.
Somewhat relevant:
https://briankoberlein.com/2015/08/21/how-does-gravity-escape-a-black-hole/